To say that we place a heavy emphasis on design elements at The Standard would be an understatement. Both in our own properties and in the worlds of art, architecture, fashion and beyond we...
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This issue COOL’EH gives the concept of Audio-Visual a generous stretching, followed by a vigorous workout. Artist Hollis Brown Thornton repurposes your 80’s media for and the...
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We are big fans of Steven Harrington’s. He’s not only one half of National Forest, the artists behind the mural on The Shop in The Standard, Downtown LA’s historic lobby, but...
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It’s recently been announced that Los Angeles’ own M+B Gallery has partnered up with cooler than cool Paris department store, Colette, to spread the gospel of the classic Southern...
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We’d like you to meet our friends of The Standard family, a creative collective called FriendsWithYou who we wrote about last week to announce their New York exhibit. The snapshot was...
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John Tottenham has one of the best bios we’ve ever read. It’s so good than any introduction we could come up with would simply pale in comparison. Check it out for...
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KAWS has arrived! After weeks of anticipation, Companion (Passing Through) - which has traveled from Hong Kong to the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Connecticut - is now in our front Plaza...
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Normally we don’t shout out Google for graphic of the day, but today is an unusual graphic that shouts-out guitarist, inventor, and innovator Les Paul. If you notice the graphic, it allows...
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This month we’re all inspired to walk around New York and discover some new secret spots. We’re also fans of the “day date” where you can spend a whole afternoon sitting...
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This week, Vogue tips us off to a new book to be released this July 1, 2011. It’s called Northern Women in Chanel released by Farago Publishing. Here’s a few images of the...
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This week, we’re giddy about the arrival of the Miami collective FriendsWithYou for the launch of their forty piece environmental installation. The exhibit is called Rainbow...
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Here in downtown LA, we’re lucky (and spoiled) to have Artwalk every second Thursday of the month. Our arty compadres to the west, however, only host their shindig once a year so you can...
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Today’s graphic is a quick piece drawn in a dumpyard in Sheffield, England. We’ve heard of lots of strange graffiti names (think EARSNOT and DickChicken), but we’ve never quite...
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As you know, artist Ryan McGinness is in the midst of a whirlwind visit to Los Angeles. Despite his crazy schedule of gallery openings, parties, meetings, and art installs, he managed to...
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When you think of Stan D’Arde, I know you’re think of Glamour, Chicness, Paparazzi, Fame and Fortune. Or maybe you just think of me as a faceless martini-soaked genius with...
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Ryan McGinness continued his LA takeover on Saturday night by unveiling his Blacklight Paintings project in The Purple Lounge of The Standard Hollywood. The event - co-produced...
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To kick off the summer, one of our favorite artists (and Standard collaborator) created a special series of cases for Arkitip. For the ninth installment of Curated by Arkitip, artist Romon...
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Today’s graphic is an interesting look at how drastic one can change an existing piece of advertisement (in this case, a Stella Artois beer ad). Sure, you can call it “defacing...
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Just once, for one day, we’d like to peek inside Tim Burton’s brain to determine the source of the kooky yet lovable characters that appear in his films and illustrations. While...
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Ryan McGinness has been visiting Los Angeles and the palm trees and constant sunshine seem to be suiting him just fine, not that he’s had much time to enjoy them. In the past week and a...
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This Wednesday, mark your calendars. Artist and filmmaker Mike Mills will be at Opening Ceremony New York signing his new book, DRAWINGS FROM THE FILM BEGINNERS. The publication...
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